It was an amazing job of coaching. He played 5 defensive backs all season- to protect a weak area. He had Josh playing like the best young QB in the league

He may not have been a leader of men. But he did a tremendous job of coaching that year

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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:20:05 +0000http://www.joebucsfan.com/?p=85298#comment-3080989Everybody seems to forget about Teo. Very underated. Although I liked Bennett maybe the Bucs have a future DE already on the team there high on. Who knows?
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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:57:11 +0000http://www.joebucsfan.com/?p=85298#comment-3080916Capt Tim
I doubted Raheem’s abilities to begin with, but was willing to give the man his shot. Unfortunately, my gut feeling was correct. Raheem was a horrible head coach!!!
As for Gruden/Allen bringing in FA scumbags, you do realize who the Director of Pro Personnel was at the time, right? You know the man who evaluates and recruites said FA scumbags/players…Dominik.
]]>By: Davehttp://www.joebucsfan.com/?p=85298&cpage=1#comment-3080873
Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:38:33 +0000http://www.joebucsfan.com/?p=85298#comment-3080873Let us all not forget the most inportant thing that happened (IMHO) this off season:

Freeman having his first back to back full off seasons and regular seasons with the same OC.
Make or break time

Hope you are not saying I was trashing Raheem. I never have. I was all for him having a shot. Turned out it was premature and he needed help putting coaching talent around him.
I was all for keeping him for a few seasons, I think every coach deserves 3 years (mostly). The team absolutely falling apart forced them to wipe the slate clean.
I do not blame Raheem at all. There is not one person to blame for anything. Like almost everyting wrong in the country, there is aot of people to blame, but I would rather be positive and look to see how to improve from here.

I thought Raheem was here pushing for Wright, maybe it was all DOM.

For the record, this is all opinion by everyone on this site. So just because I said I think you are wrong is no reason to get upset or defensive. I don’t think you did but some of what you wrote came across like that. It is merely my opinion based on what I have seen (not somebody else from a website).

As for Wright, maybe I am wrong on his talent level, but I do not think so. He is decent. I only put so much stock into some of those websites. I look at all of them, but I do not care one bit about the “stats” in football. To me football is all about watching the film and seeing how a player plays. I played CB in HS and College. To me the best young CB on the Bucs was Biggers, but he seemed to regress a little. Wright was better. All that said, losing both should not be an issue. They need a MASSIVE talent upgrade there
When watching Wright, I did not think he was that bad. DEFINATELY overpaid by the Bucs, but better than any CB on the roster right now.
Heck Talib is massively over rated if you watch the amount of times he blows coverage.

Regardless, it is a passing league and the CBs are at a huge disadvantage. I think Wright could stay with the team and be a starter or nickel guy IF he resigns for 2-3 million per. After the court stuff though, he probably wants out.

As for the scums Gruden and Allen brought in, could not agree more. Gruden needed to go sooner over his last few years. All he did was stock up all talent or losers all in the name of staying mediocre.

With the core group they have developing now and the coaching staff they have, I think they are on their way. CB being the main glaring hole.

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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:45:34 +0000http://www.joebucsfan.com/?p=85298#comment-3080675Dave- don’t think- find out. Pro football, the sporting news, inside sports, walterfootball all have to links to archive files. Go read what they said about Wright BEFORE we traded for him. He was named the key offender in Detroits wretched secondary. He made a career of” chasing WRs into the endZone”

Read, before you tell I’m wrong. Instead of just “thinking” something

The one that was wrong( other than you),was Dom- who apparently though he saw some hidden talent in the guy.

Uh, no. Everyone except you and Dom were right. The guy may not be horrible, but he is a bad CB. He should be a nickel or dime back. No more

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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:35:45 +0000http://www.joebucsfan.com/?p=85298#comment-3080630It’s always strange to me, how everyone trashes Raheem so badly. He won 10 games in one season. Only 3 coaches in The Bucs 35 year history have done that. And I promise you, he won 10 games with a very bad team. When you look at his roster( no free agents, no pro bowlers), I still don’t know how he did it.

I know he lost the teams attention the next season. Part of that was being a rookie coach, trying to be friends with the guys.

But part of it, was the fact that this team was loaded with Scumbags, that Gruden drug in here- Talibum, thc Jackson, Jeremy Stevens- it was really a disgusting collection of human beings.

None of which was brought here by Raheem

He deserved to lose his job. I can understand not liking him. But Wil never understand the hatred. You wanna blame someone for ruining this team? That would be the Tandem that drafted one good player in 5 years, and brought in a bunch of old guys.

Schiano has a bunch of high dollar free agents. Raheem wasn’t allowed to sign free agents. Lets see if Schiano wins 10 games in his second season.

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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:21:28 +0000http://www.joebucsfan.com/?p=85298#comment-3080413Dave…I don’t think Raheem was here at that point. Wright was signed last year…about this time…after Raheem was fired. In fact, I forget whether Schisno was hired yet…Bucs had a long seach.

As to whether Wright was a good CB? He was paid by potential…a bad move on Dominicks part…but at least he had an out. I still think he is worth resigning…but no more than 3 mil per year…if that.

]]>By: BuccaneerBonzaihttp://www.joebucsfan.com/?p=85298&cpage=1#comment-3078912
Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:24:52 +0000http://www.joebucsfan.com/?p=85298#comment-3078912I would love Abraham to come here…he always struck me as more of a Bucs type anyway. He’s old enough to bring Bowers along but not be a long-term replacement.

I’m all for our current DEs starting as well though…depth is the part that worries me.

Think you are wrong. Most nknew he was a “decent” player, just not elite and DOM over paid. MAybe it had something to do with BUcs fans screaming for him to do something for a couple offseasons.
Well, when a GM HAS to do something it usually means over paying.

Besides, you should go look up how other teams do with draft picks the numbers are not pretty. The whole draft process is a comnplete and total crap shoot. DOM has done pretty decent and with real coaching now, it is about to pay off.

PLUS, let us not forget who was the big DB guy – – -RAHEEM. He may have pushed hard for Wright, not DOM… we do not know.

He wants to prove something. Has a chip on his shoulder. Can get them 10 sacks rotating in part time on passing downs.

I don’t think Abraham has anything left personally. He had ( I think ) 10 sacks last year but weren’t something like 6 in 2 games??? He was not a big factor most the year.

Osi? Maybe, does not seem the same since he got injured 2 years ago, but I could be wrong. He is used to rotating with other DEs so it could work. Problem is he might be demanding more cash than the other 2 simply because of age.

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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:20:31 +0000http://www.joebucsfan.com/?p=85298#comment-3078715If the Bucs only sign elite players- the best Right tackle in football is wandering around homeless right now.

Stick Freeney out as the 5th lineman and Nobody would be stopping that pass rush.

Yep, the ole 5-2.

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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:26:44 +0000http://www.joebucsfan.com/?p=85298#comment-3078318Osi, Freeney, Abraham, Claiborn, McCoy and Bowers. This sounds like a great rotation that would be able to put some pressure on the QB’s in the NFC South. Nobody is guaranteed a starting position in the NFL. see Alex Smith.
]]>By: Mr. Patrickhttp://www.joebucsfan.com/?p=85298&cpage=1#comment-3078177
Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:40:30 +0000http://www.joebucsfan.com/?p=85298#comment-3078177Osi, Freeney and Abraham want to start and make starters money. Role players they are not. The Bucs have Clayborn and Bowers as their etched in stone starters so the others would not want to come here.
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